Iran State TV station FARS announced Saturday morning that four American dual-nationality prisoners were released from Iranian custody in a “prisoner swap” with the United States.
This week President Obama took his “Hey I really don’t hate Israel” tour to the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism. The Reform movement’s attachment to Israel (cultural rather than theological) and its progressive bent made this
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. North Korea’s president Kim Jong-il dies of heart failure Death of Kim Jong-il raises questions on power succession Suspicions arise over the cause of Kim Jong-il’s death North Korea test fires two short-range missiles
Asian analyst Gordon Chang spends an entire hour with Frank for a review of 2011 as well as a look ahead to 2012. In light of Kim Jun-Il’s demise, what will become of North Korea? It seems that many in
Aside from the performative displays of anguish–possibly sincere, in a bizarre way–note the total lack of interaction among mourners at monuments to recently deceased North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il. Orwell’s great insight into totalitarianism was that it destroys all capacity
Earlier this month a group of “youths” attacked a Hare Krishna temple in Copenhagen, doing damage and trying to attack the temple’s devotees with baseball bats. Strangely enough, the story never made it into the Danish MSM. Here’s the story
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. News alert: North Korea’s president Kim Jong-il is dead Egyptians shocked by video of army beating veiled woman protester Hamas moves away from violence in deal with Palestinian Authority Rumors abound that Turkey’s Erdogan
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69. Kim’s death was announced Monday by state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. Kim is believed to have suffered a
Playwright, president, and pundit Vaclav Havel died peacefully this morning at his home in the Czech Republic. He was a leading dissident in Soviet-dominated Czechoslovakia, a leader of the Velvet Revolution, and a founding father of the post-communist Czech democracy.
In a blockbuster ruling, Federal Judge George Daniels in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York issued an order stating that Iran and its Lebanese Shi’ite terror proxy, Hizballah, are jointly responsible together with al-Qa’eda for
I am disgusted by the media declarations and the presidential proclamations that the war in Iraq has ended with the departure of US troops. It is an erroneous conclusion, designed with political victory in mind–and heedless of the risk of
Qatar: host to the US military, al-Jazeera, the Muslim Brotherhood– and now, the world’s first Taliban embassy— at the behest of the Obama administration. On his Facebook page, Big Peace contributor Walid Phares brought my attention to a report in
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomes Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu to Washington this week, it is critical that Americans pay attention to what these two leaders intend to do. From 12 to
Frank spends an hour with Washington Times columnist Bill Gertz for a year in review. Bill first speaks on the Arab Spring, U.S. military aid to Egypt as well as the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood. Bill then moves onto
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Cairo suffers worst violence since election, as army attacks protesters China considers a naval base in the Seychelles Fitch says a comprehensive euro zone deal is ‘beyond reach’ Germany expresses doubts about helping the
From Agence France–Presse: A US soldier accused of giving classified documents to WikiLeaks appeared in court Friday for the first time, with the defense immediately calling for the presiding officer to step down. Bradley Manning, a former intelligence analyst, is
Below are some highlights from the Iowa Republican presidential debate: Former Speaker Newt Gingrich: [youtube FVM-eTNNEmM] [youtube -kqTTfMkSXA] Governor Mitt Romney: [youtube HEy2mw-WVrM] [youtube Y4j09OqlyEk] Dr. Ron Paul: [youtube WW6ms-n8F_A] [youtube LbSoNtDy2OM] Governor Rick Perry: [youtube bGtX8IC2l9Q] Congresswoman Michele Bachmann:
Charles Krauthammer’s latest column in the Washington Post takes on President Barack Obama’s claim that he could not possibly be conducting a foreign policy of appeasement, given that his administration succeeded in killing Osama bin Laden and other Al Qaeda
Georgetown University professor Dr. Phillip Karber speaks with Frank on the topic of Chinese underground tunnels. Dr. Karber and his students have worked tirelessly to expose China’s underground tunnel system that has been built by China’s Strategic Rocket Force. It
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Unrest grows in Shanghai, China, as housing prices collapse Home price bubble in China crashing, causing protests by screwed homeowners IMF says that the Europe crisis is ‘escalating’ Turkey reviews military preparedness for war
Dear Rush, On Thursday’s program (12/15/11) you told me and your other listeners: “Now, I talked to some people here during the break. In both New Hampshire and Iowa, Ron Paul’s in second place. Where is his support coming from?
In the darkest of days, against the most corrosive of opponents, Christopher Hitchens stood for freedom, for America–and, quite simply, for who he was. Part 1 of 12 is embedded below; links to parts 2 through 12 are below the
As most are aware, one of the largest US retailers, Lowe’s Home Improvement, decided to pull its advertising from a reality TV show about Muslim Americans. TLC’s All-American Muslim takes a look at life in the heavily Muslim city of
From McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON — With Dakota Meyer standing at attention in his dress uniform, sweat glistening on his forehead under the television lights, President Barack Obama extolled the former Marine corporal for the “extraordinary actions” that had earned him
By chance a commercial satellite company has confirmed the obvious: China’s navy is preparing for war. That isn’t hyperbole. A Navy aircraft carrier is strictly an offensive weapon for war. The US’ own doctrine is that aircraft carriers are the
Yesterday marked the 12-year anniversary of the thwarting of what could have been a devastating terrorist attack on the United States. Twelve years ago yesterday, Algerian national Ahmed Ressam was caught attempting to smuggle a detonator and 130 pounds of
